People reveal their biggest work cringes, from turning a customer’s hair green to using the toilet with your mic on

YouGov asked Brits to open up about their most embarrassing work mistakes... and their answers were pretty hilarious

By Josie Griffiths

21st July 2017, 2:47 pm

Updated: 21st July 2017, 2:47 pm

IF YOU'VE recently experienced an office faux pas - these cringe-worthy confessions should make you feel a lot better.

YouGov asked Brits to open up about their embarrassing moments at work. These are the best, or worst, of their revelations.

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YouGov asked Brits to open up about their most embarrassing moments at work

One hairdresser said he had "turned a client's hair green - before it was fashionable..."

While another woman confessed to "forgetting to turn my microphone off before visiting the toilet".

And one waitress wrote: "While serving a customer with carvery turkey I told them I had a nice couple of breasts".

A theme park ride operator said: "I got distracted by colleagues and ended up leaving a group of customers on a haunted house ride... We told them it was a technical issue!"

Of her most embarrassing moment, one woman said: "Catching my skirt in my knickers after going to the loos before a client presentation..."

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One hairdresser confessed to accidentally turning a client's hair GREEN

Another man had lost "£2,000 in cash by putting it in the waste paper bin by accident".

And one woman was left cringing after "asking a blind club which power point projector they have".

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While another bloke confessed he "mistook a photo of my colleague's dead father for Nigel Farage, on her final day after losing her job".

One teacher thought she was "setting a new pupil work to do... only to discover later that he was a graduate trainee supposed to be observing the lesson".

And one police officer still cringed about "trying to shoulder charge a door unsuccessfully to gain entry before breaking a window to enter the property, only to then learn that the door was not locked but opened outwards".

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While a customer service worker confessed to accidentally moaning about a client while they were still on the line

While a waiter said his most embarrassing mistake was "dropping and breaking an entire tray of glasses".

One customer service worker said he was guilty of "accidentally being rude about a customer whilst I thought they were on hold. They were not."

And, shockingly, another man said: "I was supposed to be conducting a short service for the burial of ashes on a Saturday afternoon but I completely forgot about it because I had gone shopping with my family."